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Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianIn the United Kingdom, only 22% of autistic adults are in paid employment. For those who do work, the pressures to mask their neurodiversity, and adapt to environments that can feel hostile, leads to significant stress.
It is an invaluable asset as a clinician, she says. “Once I explain what it is [to clients] and it makes rational sense to them – rather than it seeming frightening or paranormal – they usually feel completely elated that someone gets them on that kind of deep level.”This week shares in Facebook’s parent company, Meta, fell by the nearly incomprehensible sum of US$ 220bn. Here,Well, for starters, Facebook’s global daily active user numbers fell for the first time in, um, ever.5.
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